GREAT BRITAIN: Prop for Baldwin

The most British of Britons, famed Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks,
went out to Hunterston Castle, Ayrshire, and verbally propped the
prestige of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

People have been saying that the Cabinet is politically on the rocks,
and especially that a three-sided split had opened between "Jix," Mr.
Baldwin and "Winston." The latter statesman is the Right Honorable
Winston Churchill, Chancellor of His Majesty's Exchequer; and "Jix" is
His Majesty's tall, frock-coated, impeccable Secretary of State for
Home Affairs.

Said "Jix" to gaping Ayrshire yokels, while London listened: "All the
stories...